The reasons my 1982 240 wagon ran for 32 years and 1.5 million miles (before I sold her after knee surgery, yes I wore out before it did) were twofold – first, she was a manual (with the electric overdrive), and second, she had a minimum of electronics, which meant that I could maintain and fix her ...

Checking my profile, I created an account 13 years ago, so that was the first time I had something worth saying to the group. Before that I silently read and learned from the masters. There's a lot of people making bogus YouTube videos that gloss over the tough steps, but byte for byte, your best ed...